I should be doing this - I told myself Id start on april 1st and do it for the month but I cricked my neck last week and its only now beginning to feel better. Ive got my dvd out and I'll have a go this evening. Dreading it though, its horrible

Oooh and me and me too! I took the cellophane off to sit and watch the DVD yesterday while I had my soup at lunchtime .

Glad to find a thread to help with the motivation. I'm due to graduate from the couch to 5k program on Saturday and I'm planning on carrying on running 3 times a week and shredding on the other days. The couch to 5k thread has been really good for motivation. I'm also trying to lose weight with intermittent fasting and the 5:2 thread has been good for that too.

I like the idea of the fat (ever so slowly) melting away to reveal a fit toned bod. But I have to do something to get one of them.

If I'm feeling up to it I might have a go at the shred this afternoon, but as I did a 5k run this morning I won't beat myself up if I don't start the shred until tomorrow.

Shredded this afternoon but kept having to stop. The legs bits weren't too bad but I have zero upper body strength. The push up bits were ridiculous! It was all I could do for the second push up bit to just hold the starting position for the easy version. I think it'll take me 30 days to be able to finish the easy version of level one.

rusmum, I've been reading though the previous couch to 5k threads and I saw you on there.

Ok, so I started this on the 2nd too. I got her dvd box set, so I've done one day Shred, yesterday I did the 6 week 6 pack and then just done Shred.Can I just check, I had 'help' from my 18 month old. Every time I got on the floorshe came and sat on me! So that's extra calories burnt, right? Especially on the reverse crunches!!! So I'm allowed an extra biscuit????

Gonna have another go at the shred today. I wondered if it made a difference that a) I'd already gone running in the morning yesterday so may still have been tired from that and b) I find I exercise better in the morning before food and yesterday I shredded in the afternoon.

Of course, that's only for my ability to do cardio and the leg strength exercises. My arms couldn't do it cos they're weak! Well, that is the point of doing the shred after all.

rusmum, after much trying earlier in the year I can now do one easy version press up, about 5 seconds of slightly bending my elbows and the rest of the time I have to plank too. I'm hoping that's one of the things that will change.

OK - I'm a bit behind but I'm ordering my DVD today so should hopefully have it tomorrow. I'm doing a sort of 5:2 / general calorie reduction combo. Also need to order some scales so I can see progress. I'm already with you in spirit though.

Glen I had that problem too! Yesterday my 3 yr old was running around me in circles while I was trying to do 6 week 6 pack and today the Little Un was 'adding resistence' for me on the crunches! DD1 loves doing the star jumps too!

Thanks rusmum! I had another go this morning and managed to stick with it longer as I promised myself I'd only do one circuit but really try my hardest to do it all. I didn't quite manage to do the whole lot. Had to put my arms down for some of the second set of squat and presses and had to just wave my arms in the air for some of the second set of jumping jacks, but a better attempt than yesterday. I even managed two of the easy version press ups before just having to hold the plank for the rest of the time. Fast forwarded through circuits two and three to do the cool down stretches because I didn't yesterday and my arms are killing me as a result.

I'm doing the park run tomorrow so won't shred (I think my arms will be glad of the rest) but next time I shred I think I'll ff through circuit one and do circuit two instead. Then the time after that I'll do circuit three and maybe keep rotating them until I can actually do each circuit properly (easy version). Then I'll try and do two circuits per work out then all three. When I can do all three I'll start counting up to 30.

My arms are in such a sorry state I have to give them a foundation course before they are up to doing the shred properly.